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Pilot projects are exploring whether this water could be treated and used to grow crops.

SpaceX achieved a first Sunday by returning its Super Heavy booster rocket safely to rest in the launch tower. Among Texas locals, concerns about environmental impacts are matched by enthusiasm for space industry innovation.

Funding communities burdened by pollution to monitor air quality is the "do-it-yourself approach to public health," one researcher said.

Residents in the small town of Granbury are raising alarms over noise from a local Bitcoin mine, while state lawmakers warn about risks to the grid.

A hailstorm that devastated a Texas solar farm has sparked concern within the surrounding community and among energy experts.

El Paso braces for another windy day, gusts less intense compared to weekend, the National Weather Service reports.

There are about 90 sterilizing plants in the U.S. that use a cancer-causing gas called ethylene oxide. Some say new proposed regulations don't go far enough.

Jan. 7—AUSTIN — Governor Greg Abbott today directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to increase the readiness level of the Texas State...

In Texas, the University of Houston reported that James Flynn, research associate professor at the University of Houston, has been awarded a $1.2 million research grant by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.  The award will support Flynn and his team's research project aimed at assessing the impacts of biomass burning, wind-blown dust pollutants and […]

Over the last two decades, state regulators have allowed companies to release more than a billion pounds of excess pollution.

LUBBOCK — State investigators have determined a fire and explosion at a Panhandle dairy farm was an accident and started with an engine fire in a manure vacuum truck that was cleaning part of the barn. The April 10 fire at South Fork Dairy Farm in Dimmitt, about 66 miles southwest of Amarillo, kill...

Officials say five workers were hospitalized after a fire erupted at a petrochemical plant in the Houston area

Texas residents reacted to plans by Elon Musk's Boring Co. to dump over 142,000 gallons of treated wastewater per day into the local water supply of Bastrop County.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo confirmed wasterwater used after the infamous derailment will be handled by Texas Molecular, a company based in Deer Park.

The City of Houston lifted its boil water notice Tuesday morning. So what's next?

City lifts boil advisory

Over 2.3 million people are being affected by the notice that's expected to last until Tuesday. Aside from boiling tap water for two minutes, here are other tips to follow before consumption.

"There's lots of technologies, but the reality in the field is it just doesn't work."

A Musk-affiliated LLC has filed a request to dump 142,500 gallons per day near Bastrop.

President Biden is in the kingdom this week to strengthen ties. Meanwhile, a U.S.-Saudi joint venture on the Texas coast is pumping out toxic chemicals.